[lbo-talk] Abraham meets Muharram

Kenneth MacKendrick kenneth.mackendrick at utoronto.ca
Fri Mar 12 13:06:39 PST 2004


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"Abrahamic philosophy" refers to philosophy (more usually theology) derived from the three religions that share a common root with the story of Abraham/Ibrahim; Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

** Just to qualify this: compare Shia devotional rituals, esp. Muharram, in India, Pakistan, and Trinidad. That's what Abrahamic philosophy is. Somewhere from your neighbour cranking a sword into your head, to beating your chest with an open palm in devotional lamentation, to the carnivalesque drumming competitions in Trinidad... that's where Abraham is. Someone else can sort out the details.

ken



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